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posted by janrinok on Friday June 01 2018, @02:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the lame-shall-walk-and-blind-shall-see dept.

Trump signs 'right to try' drug bill

President Trump signed a bill Wednesday allowing terminally ill patients access to experimental medical treatments not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dubbed "right to try," the law's passage was a major priority of Trump and Vice President Pence, as well as congressional Republicans.

"Thousands of terminally ill Americans will finally have hope, and the fighting chance, and I think it's going to better than a chance, that they will be cured, they will be helped, and be able to be with their families for a long time, or maybe just for a longer time," Trump said at a bill signing ceremony at the White House, surrounded by terminally ill patients and their families.

Trump thanked lawmakers sitting in the audience who sponsored the bill, including Sen. Joe Donnelly, a vulnerable Democrat up for reelection in Indiana.

Also at CNN.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @05:49PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @05:49PM (#687352)

    authoritarian scum.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @08:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 01 2018, @08:04PM (#687419)

    clueless idiot